Petition · past parliament · Ministry of Justice
Remove parental responsibility of convicted child sex offenders
Closed
1,770 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government should prevent convicted child sex offenders from having any contact with their children, by making this an automatic licence condition for all such offenders.
Partners of convicted child sex offenders have difficulty legally protecting their children when the sex offender still maintains their parental responsibility. Signatures to change names and details on official documents for the children often require both parental signatures, which can be difficult and distressing to obtain if the parents are estranged and there are risk to the children if contact were to be made.
Timeline
| 12 Mar 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Sep 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,770
Status
Closed
Department
Ministry of Justice
Opened
12 Mar 2021
Closed
12 Sep 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.